How the Egyptian Uprising is Changing the Muslim Brotherhood
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
The largely passive Egyptian Army defends just the outer perimeter of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Tahrir Square against the gangs of supporters of President Hosni Mubarak who lurk on the periphery of central Cairo. Inside the square, security is provided by a volunteer army. Young men search...
Cambodia urges UN intervention as clashes continue near temple at disputed Thai frontier
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia called for U.N. peacekeepers to help end the fighting along its tense border with Thailand, where artillery fire echoed for a fourth day Monday near an 11th century temple classified as a World Heritage Site. The crumbling stone temple, several hundred feet (meters)...
Egypt's new cabinet meets as protests continue
The Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times
The government attempts to reassert stability over country rocked by weeks of protests. Large numbers of anti-government demonstrators are expected to remain in Tahrir Square. Share Related Multimedia Stories See more stories » X By Kim Murphy and Raja Abdulrahim, reporting from Cairo....
Egyptian govt, opposition deadlocked over way ahead
Khaleej Times
Khaleej Times
President Hosni Mubarak's government was to hold its first full meeting of a new cabinet on Monday since protests erupted against his rule with no sign yet of progress in talks with an opposition which wants him out. Mubarak, who has refused calls to step down before September polls, has tried to...
Clinton and Merkel: A Tale of Two Perceptions about Egypt
WorldNews.com
WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Most of our thought is unconscious, and empirical investigation is necessary if we are ever to understand its nature."(1) -George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. For anyone mystified over how the United States was again unaware and surprised by the revolts...
A people's uprising against empire
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Those of the young generation, people too young to remember the collapse of Soviet-bloc and other socialist states in 1989 and 1990, are fortunate to be living through another thrilling example of a seemingly impenetrable state edifice reduced to impotence when faced with crowds demanding freedom,...
US presses Egypt on transition
Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
Washington, Feb 6, (DPA): Sunday, February 06, 2011 --> The US continued to press Egypt on the need for an ''orderly, peaceful transition'' as President Barack Obama discussed the situation with other world leaders while Vice President Joe Biden telephoned his Egyptian counterpart Omar Suleiman....
ElBaradei warns that Egypt protests could turn more violent
Khaleej Times
Khaleej Times
CAIRO - Unrest in Egypt could turn increasingly vicious, leading opposition activist Mohamed ElBaradei warned on Saturday, as President Hosni Mubarak clung to power after 12 days of demonstrations. Mubarak has reshuffled his government, and the leadership of his party resigned on Saturday, but the...
Tunisian police fire on crowd, killing 2
The Guardian
The Guardian
BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press= TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Police fired at an angry crowd of 1,000 attacking the police station in the northwestern town of Kef on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 17 others, the Interior Ministry said. The official Tunisian news agency said the crowd had...
Mass anti-government rally in Serbia
Indian Express
Indian Express
Tens of thousands of nationalist supporters rallied against Serbia's pro-Western government on Saturday, demanding early elections amid the Balkan country's deepening economic crisis. About 10,000 police officers gathered near the rally in front of...